Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact
Hitler-Stalin nonaggression treaty
The Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact was the 1939 non-aggression treaty between Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union, named for their foreign ministers.
It shocked the world by allying ideological enemies and included secret protocols dividing Eastern Europe into spheres of influence.
Germany's invasion of the Soviet Union in 1941 rendered it void.
The pact remains shorthand for cynical political expedience: an alliance as trustworthy as the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact.
- nonaggression pactAgreement to avoid warfare
- PolandCentral European republic
- invasion of Poland1939 military incursion eastward
- treatyBinding pact between nations
- 1939Year preceding global conflict
Joseph Stalin · non-aggression · World War II · Romania · secret · diplomacy · spheres of influence · Ukraine · Eastern Europe · Belarus · Munich Agreement · bilateral treaty · Nazi Germany · Soviet Union · strange bedfellows · interwar period · Adolf Hitler · spheres
- european historical documentsMagna Carta, Domesday Book, Treaty of Versailles, Treaty of Westphalia, Treaty of Rome
- Interwar EraLeague of Nations, Weimar Republic, Treaty of Versailles, Treaty of Trianon, Versailles Treaty
- Baltic SovietsSinging Revolution, Soviet occupation, independence movement, National Front, mass deportations
- Belarus HistoryBelarus, Minsk, Soviet republic, Soviet era, Soviet rule
- Bessarabian historySoviet rule, imperial rule, Russification, collectivization, deportations
- Estonian HistorySinging Revolution, Soviet occupation, Northern Crusades, deportations, German occupation
Molotov-Ribbentrop PactAllied Powers
Coalition against fascist aggressors
Western Allies · NATO · Operation Barbarossa · Entente Cordiale
Molotov-Ribbentrop PactOperation Barbarossa
Nazi Soviet invasion
Eastern Front · declaration of war · military alliance · Lend-Lease · mutual defense pact
Molotov-Ribbentrop PactFour Freedoms
Rights from 1941 address
Kellogg-Briand Pact · United Nations Charter · Helsinki Accords · collective security · self-determination